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Monday, September 21, 2009

A few weeks ago I picked my son up from his friend's house. The friend's mom invited me in to chat for a second while my son was putting on his shoes. I happened to glance at their kitchen table and I instantly wished it were mine. Arranged nicely on their table were matching plates, place mats, napkins, and cups. It was not a special occassion nor Sunday dinner, it was an ordinary weeknight. Yet this sweet mom had made her family's dinner so inviting. A lovely place where her family could gather to discuss their day while sharing an evening meal together.

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For a fourth entry, on the way home from picking my son up from his friend's house (as related in the opening paragraph) I received a $90.00 ticket!! Bahhhh!! So for a fourth entry, in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and the last ticket you received and why.Example: Jane Doe: This is a long story, so I'll make it short. My parents were over for dinner, my son was at his friend's house but the line was busy so I decided to go get him, my dad parked behind me so I had to take his car, my dad had just arrived home from a trip and I didn't realize that there was no room in the car for my son so I had him sit in-between the driver and passenger seats, we passed a cop, I got pulled over IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE (because I had only driven two streets away), cop gave me $45 ticket for not having my son in a seatbelt (I'll take that, I was being irresponsible), but then he also gave me a $45.00 for not having my license, but did I mention we were IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE? I know the cop was only doing his job, but c'mon, someone in my family (because they were all standing on the front lawn watching us) could have brought me my license. But the cop would not let them. I do believe I will walk next time I need to pick my son up for dinner (even if it means our soup will get cold).

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Susana JohnsonLast year I was always running late and so I got a lot of speeding tickets. I was put on probation for one year and for that whole year I didnt get a single ticket. The day after my probation ended, sure enough I got pulled over for speeding.

Elizabeth OlsonMy last tickets was somewhere in Amish country in Pennsylvania. It was some obscure traffic law I've never heard of. When I tried to explain that I recently moved from Utah and the action was not illegal there, the police officer thought I had stolen my own car. It was a horrid experience and the tickets was $140.

Julie Christofferson - last ticket was 3 yrs ago and it was my first wreck and the guy hit me but because I pulled the car over to get out of the road the officer said he was not able to tell if for sure he did it by merging into me or if I just rushed through a yield! Grrr had 3 witnesses but still got the dang ticket. Probably should have fought it. Oh well done and over!

Meg Presley: I was trying to pass a VERY slow moving car, but in the process my top speed was higher than the state trooper hiding in the bushes would have liked. Plus, it was in a construction zone (no one was working though!!), so that made it a nice hefty fine.

Cynthia Horst: were just visiting in Montreal this past week. Were at an intersection in rush hour traffic and realized it was a right turn only lane, so made our way into the next lane. The police officer pulled us over and we had no idea why. Turns out there was a little solid white line that you couldn't cross and he said we were blocking traffic which we didn't. He said he only gave us a ticket for crossing the white line and not the other infringement. $154 !!! Canadian dollars = about 175 American?

Jenny McClamroch: I got a speeding ticket last spring. On was on my way to my parent's house. I had a dress fitting for my wedding. My husband, fiance at the time, was always telling me to slow down. I didn't want to call and tell him, but he was a sweetheart about it!

genevieve curtis: the last time i actually got a ticket was about 6 yrs ago while at BYU. it was super late at night and i just kind of rolled through a stop sign (there was NO ONE around!) and the cop pulled me over and ticketed me for not making a complete stop. but since living in philly- no tickets. cops have bigger problems to deal with out here!!

Martha ThomsonLast ticket I got: I was teaching my daughter to drive and as we headed for a stoplight it turned yellow. I encouraged her to go for it (thought we had plenty of time) she hesitated a bit, so it was very red when we went through. Sirens, police officer, ticket for Mom, tears.

Claire Allen I would use my certificate containers for the Astoria containers - but don't hold me to it since my choice changed with every page turn - there's a beautiful filgree tray and a trio of outdoor Christmas ornaments that also still stand out.

Claire Allen Happy to say I have never gotten a ticket - or at least one that stuck. Have been stopped for speeding but always let go - knock on wood. I failed to change driver's license address but that was dismissed as soon as I did

Katie Harrison: My last ticket was on the way to my in-laws' house. I was literally 5 minutes away & a sneaky cop pulled out of a bush & pulled me over. I had been going ten over when I thought the speed limit was higher than it actually was (this was an area that used to be a higher speed limit but more residential areas had been added, thus the speed limit was lowered & I didn't pay enough attention, I guess). No talking him out of giving me the ticket. :(

Sara Johnson: I don't remember the last time I actually received a ticket. But the last time I dodged one I was visiting NJ and didn't see the sign that told me to not turn on a red. Oops! The officer was nice enough to let me off due to tourist-brain.

Nancy Offermann My last ticket..I was 8 months pregnant, driving with my 2 little ones to a MacDonald's B'day party..we were so happy and a car flew by us onto the highway entrance. A motorcycle officer pulls ME over and says I was doing 94 in a 30. the kids were crying...didn't faze hime. I went to court and fought it and got off with something minor! HA!

Kahne Grissom: The last ticket I got was in Germany and it was one of those sneaky "take your pic" things attached to a radar machine. I knew as soon as I saw the flash (from the big camera that took my picture) that my ticket would be coming in the mail. Oh well, I was speeding!

Jeanette Allday: last ticket was for going 50 in a 40 but I didn't even see the sign and the cop was sitting right there. That was the only ticket actually. the other time i got stopped i cried and he felt sorry for me i guess.

Karen Mwins: late for an appointment and I was speeding on the thruway. 73 in a 65 zone. $100 ticket. The worst part was that I had to go to court and it was 1.5 hour from home. The night I went to court there was a power outage and the ticketing officer didn't show so they rescheduled. I had to drive all the way back another day to deal with it. It was a pain!

Jennye Harding: a speeding ticket. I was picking up my sis-in-law at the airport and she had told me the time her flight arrived in AZ time not our...because we were on daylight savings time it was like an hour earlier than she said...I was trying to get there in time, and of course the ticket process slowed me down more than going slower would have~

Sharlynn Scivally: I had just turned onto a 25 mph street and started pushing on the gas. I glanced down to see how fast I was going and realized I had accelerated to much so I started slowing down. I just then looked up and up ahead was a police officer. I thought oh no. As I passed him him pulled me over and gave me a ticket. I was so frustrated because I had just turned onto the road, speed up too fast, but I noticed and had started slowing down. What cop is going to believe that story though.

The last ticket I got was for not having our license plate on in the front. The funny thing is, my husband was working for the department that handles those tickets and he's the one who said it didn't need to be on. Apparently they had just changed the law and of course, we weren't able to get out of that one.

Karen RielMy last ticket was for speeding as they all are. The worst part was he pulled me over in the parking lot of my kid's school with his lights flashing and everything! To add insult to injury, I was in a construction zone so the fine was doubled - OUCH!

Heather Morrison, my last ticket was for fender bending a really mean old lady who refused to let us just exchange ins information. She flat out said, I needed to get a ticket. So I now have one. I hate tickets.

Emily Erspamer: This was actually my husband, but he got a ticket at a speed trap in Paw Paw, WV. It wasn't fair since we were coming down off a mountain and the speed limit dropped to 25 very quickly. But mostly it's amusing because of the "town" name. The officer was very nice though and reduced the charge/fine.

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